Attractive Auction Items Available at Saturday's First Pitch Breakfast

The YSU Baseball First Pitch Breakfast will have an attractive list of auction items available

Jan 13, 2015

­With the Youngstown State Baseball program's First Pitch Breakfast coming up this Saturday, head coach Steve Gillispie is excited to announce a preliminary list of enticing items that will be available at the live and silent auctions.

Among the list of items is an impressive selection of signed memorabilia from eight men who have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame – George Brett, Steve Carlton, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Reggie Jackson, Ferguson Jenkins, Tommy Lasorda and Nolan Ryan - and 2015 class member John Smoltz. Items from current Major League All Stars Billy Butler, Alex Gordon, Zack Greinke, Victor Martinez and Salvador Perez and Gold Glove winner Eric Hosmer will also be available.

Saturday's event will be held at the Maronite Center in Youngstown, and doors will open at 8 a.m. The breakfast buffet will start at 8:30 a.m., and the program will begin at 9. Johnny Bench, a 14-time MLB all-star and two-time National League Most Valuable Player, and Jim Tressel, current YSU President and recent College Football Hall of Fame inductee, will be the featured speakers.